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we can talk about regulation and pension and taxes and the government. a lot of that is [inaudible] a survey said housing prices are too high and that is a negative factor on recruitment. i thought, maybe we can bring the prices down. foreclosure works magic. i do not think you want that. you want rising wealth which could translate into a rising houses -- housing prices. you can increase density and breakdown similar rules, you get more people. there's a lot of things. as i drove down here from oakland cut -- oakland, i saw those cars in the ordinary lanes. one person per car. you have this one person with all this steel and plastic and oil. it is ridiculous. we're figuring out ways to do that. whether it is high speed rail or electric cars. the first will be rolling off the factory in treatments in the next few months -- in three months and in the next few months. yes, the innovative companies are small. the electric cars -- the tanks are small but so is fairchild or in tal or hewlett-packard -- intel or hewlett-packard or steve jobs. the seats we plan
we can talk about regulation and pension and taxes and the government. a lot of that is [inaudible] a survey said housing prices are too high and that is a negative factor on recruitment. i thought, maybe we can bring the prices down. foreclosure works magic. i do not think you want that. you want rising wealth which could translate into a rising houses -- housing prices. you can increase density and breakdown similar rules, you get more people. there's a lot of things. as i drove down here...
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and regulation the first forty million of excise taxes under the under the amendment well actually go to a public school systems fund so people need to think about things like this as well whereas a lot of this money right now or all of this money is essentially going to drug gangs and cartels six thousand people were killed in mexico in the last six years based on drug violence this money is not going to their coffers any more it's going to be going to potentially public schools so i think that's a great thing we'll see what the feds decide to do on this eric holder has been in the past very critical of similar amendments and initiatives so we'll see if they come in crackdown but the people of colorado spoken and it will be interesting to see if if we implement if we can implement it without a hitch. i don't think we have much time to get into this but i we did get to touch on it it's interesting that the banks apparently don't know what to do if they're allowed to allow marijuana growers or businesses to bank with them because they could be violating federal regulations about money
and regulation the first forty million of excise taxes under the under the amendment well actually go to a public school systems fund so people need to think about things like this as well whereas a lot of this money right now or all of this money is essentially going to drug gangs and cartels six thousand people were killed in mexico in the last six years based on drug violence this money is not going to their coffers any more it's going to be going to potentially public schools so i think...
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it is all tax money. it is not suspicious. the textbook folks are getting a little closer to the classroom there. a little more suspicious. that part of the sector is dominated by for-profit players, whether the old line textbook providers are those transitioning into the new digital age and thinking more a online adapted products. it is much lower heat from the conversation. the closer you get to the classroom, how about school operators that contract with the local school district? a for-profit company running one are two schools or a network of schools and having a goal at the end of the year to have money left over to reinvest in the business to make a better and to return over some time to return to shareholders. even at harvard business school, a very small percentage of this was ok. it seemed the paradigm was what kind of activities to be the same the public sector has a legitimate right to provide. therefore it seems an encroachment from the private sector trying to somehow capture rents that are somehow more appropria
it is all tax money. it is not suspicious. the textbook folks are getting a little closer to the classroom there. a little more suspicious. that part of the sector is dominated by for-profit players, whether the old line textbook providers are those transitioning into the new digital age and thinking more a online adapted products. it is much lower heat from the conversation. the closer you get to the classroom, how about school operators that contract with the local school district? a...
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to use its money more carefully changing tax pays interest to true then. stephen meisner from germany is part of reason doesn't see any reason to spend that much money on a piece of real estate but he says he sees a reasonable explanation of why the sky's the limit for the european union's economic monopoly they never run out of money it's they just come to me and the other taxpayers they go you have to pay more you have to be more of it more or maybe because it's easy the european central bank just print the money and while some may see an upside down logic here german m.p. mr scheffler explains it's more than just a piece of architecture. the e.c.b. once a palace a building to demonstrate his power through a million more million less makes no difference to make a statement about its power and credibility but that's a notion that's taken a serious knock in recent times the seventeen nation euro zone's unemployment is at a record high brussels and seized on a stereo to measures which the government cut spending and raise taxes increase in peoples and as we
to use its money more carefully changing tax pays interest to true then. stephen meisner from germany is part of reason doesn't see any reason to spend that much money on a piece of real estate but he says he sees a reasonable explanation of why the sky's the limit for the european union's economic monopoly they never run out of money it's they just come to me and the other taxpayers they go you have to pay more you have to be more of it more or maybe because it's easy the european central bank...
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wealthy it has an economy the size of portugal's but in terms of the number in terms of the size of taxes they pay it's much more to central government and they actually get back from a trade in terms of investments in schools and hospitals so they're annoyed about that and particularly when you consider that unemployment here is around twenty five percent so if a referendum does happen i suppose you could say that you would expect people to vote in favor of it although i say that those people who are against separatism to point out that if catalonia would draw from spain it could also mean it has to drop out of the european union and not many people in catalonia would be in favor of that if that turns out to be the case and maybe they would prefer the status quo so there are a lot of ifs and buts but what we do know as a result of today's election there is a growing sentiment of nationalism and a sense for independence here in catalonia. so irish prime minister mariano rajoy catalonia could be expelled from the gale sovereignty by prayer independence activist don argus as her region woul
wealthy it has an economy the size of portugal's but in terms of the number in terms of the size of taxes they pay it's much more to central government and they actually get back from a trade in terms of investments in schools and hospitals so they're annoyed about that and particularly when you consider that unemployment here is around twenty five percent so if a referendum does happen i suppose you could say that you would expect people to vote in favor of it although i say that those people...
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making sure the government supports research at the deepest trouble and is providing not just grants but tax credits. the focus on making sure that we're building a culture of innovation. colorado is the last three years when there were no jobs anywhere, more 25-34 year-old came to call rudder than any other state in the country. -- colorado more than any other state in the country. we want to make sure they are employed in innovative companies that have an opportunity for full education and research. there has to be a culture fun -- from the federal grant all the way down in research. they should hammer out what the appropriate compromise is to repatriate all those overseas profit corporations are not putting back into our or economy. the largest beneficiary would be california. we want to see what the cutting edge is. most of a still look for california. -- loomost of us still look to california. what governor brown said about the traditional politics is all about taking the thing in making it fresh. to a certain extent, i tried to be a writer in college. i failed miserably. a professor sa
making sure the government supports research at the deepest trouble and is providing not just grants but tax credits. the focus on making sure that we're building a culture of innovation. colorado is the last three years when there were no jobs anywhere, more 25-34 year-old came to call rudder than any other state in the country. -- colorado more than any other state in the country. we want to make sure they are employed in innovative companies that have an opportunity for full education and...
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they are the low-tax party. the other guys want to tax. to match reckless spending. i understand why democrats are doing this. they manual that the republicans have no bargaining power today. i say it's true if republicans resist, they will take the blame. that will help the democrats in the congress. but obama is never running again. he doesn't care who gets the blame. he is going to be the president. she a lame duck. he wants the term. if it starts by going over the cliff it starts with a second recession. 2 million unemployed and wrecked second term. that is the leverage that republicans have over obama. it's utterly unacceptable. >> bret: to kirsten's point, some republicans are talking about raising the age of medicare, means testing. put a lot of ideas out there. nothing on paper. they are not hammering it out, it doesn't seem, behind closed doors unless we don't know it's going on, steve. >> no, it's not. >> bret: let me play this thing, this sound bite. yesterday we put in a piece. i want to play more of it. this is a question and answer by senator reid about
they are the low-tax party. the other guys want to tax. to match reckless spending. i understand why democrats are doing this. they manual that the republicans have no bargaining power today. i say it's true if republicans resist, they will take the blame. that will help the democrats in the congress. but obama is never running again. he doesn't care who gets the blame. he is going to be the president. she a lame duck. he wants the term. if it starts by going over the cliff it starts with a...
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taxes, not your sales taxes or excise taxes. no tax increases. in 2010, august 8, starting in grand junction, colorado, he started to say and repeated verbatim again and again, my plan is that if you earn less than $250,000, i will not raise your income taxes next year. two changes in his promise that did not get talked about on cbs, nbc, cnn, or any of the networks. he just announced that he can do an energy tax tomorrow and not have broken his word. an energy tax, wacking the middle class. he could raise income taxes on people a year from now. which is why what he wanted to do is kick out the bush rates for those making less $250,000 a year. this is where you talk about the dual mandate. we are talking about marginal tax rates, higher income people and successful small businesses. that raises $400 billion -- there are other taxes, in addition to the rate increases he wants to include. over a decade. he has $800 billion he plans to raise from higher income people. the size of the debt -- if he gets that, in his budget, assuming
taxes, not your sales taxes or excise taxes. no tax increases. in 2010, august 8, starting in grand junction, colorado, he started to say and repeated verbatim again and again, my plan is that if you earn less than $250,000, i will not raise your income taxes next year. two changes in his promise that did not get talked about on cbs, nbc, cnn, or any of the networks. he just announced that he can do an energy tax tomorrow and not have broken his word. an energy tax, wacking the middle class. he...
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from it it's sold there are age limits but what has been the result is that for every dollar in taxes the united states receives from legal alcohol or tobacco it costs us ten dollars in social costs so we don't need to legalize something to make it to control it we can actually keep it illegal so that we don't have big industry promoting it to kids but at the same time we also don't need to throw everybody in jail for small amounts of use so i don't live in this world where it's black or white you know we go to jail or it's legal we can do better than that ok pete if i go back to you i mean we haven't said which is not a war against our own people but the level of incarceration the united states is extraordinary that is a war on a population that at least in one sense well i was again i think we can use words in lots of ways i think. the problem is that you have in latin america today a norm is level of violence and killing at that people believe is related to the drug war whether it is or not whether kevin is right that legalizing marijuana in a few states is not going to have any ef
from it it's sold there are age limits but what has been the result is that for every dollar in taxes the united states receives from legal alcohol or tobacco it costs us ten dollars in social costs so we don't need to legalize something to make it to control it we can actually keep it illegal so that we don't have big industry promoting it to kids but at the same time we also don't need to throw everybody in jail for small amounts of use so i don't live in this world where it's black or white...
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we need to have tax reform. we have to have the people who have done so well during this difficult time we have had with the economy. the richest of the rich will have to pay a little bit more to solve the financial problems we have in this country. [inaudible] >> right after the senate majority leader harry reid spoke, republican leaders held their own briefing and ways to find a deal and criticized leader reid's plan. this is 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. as we head into the fiscal cliff negotiations, my advice to the president would be -- seems like our friends on the other side are having difficulty turning off the campaign. we need to sit down and work this matter out. i think we have a clear sense and opportunity here at the end of the year to do something important for the country. we all know that the most critical steps to be taken are to save the entitlements, which are on an unsustainable path to bankruptcy. there's no better time to begin to fix that problem than right now. so i would hope
we need to have tax reform. we have to have the people who have done so well during this difficult time we have had with the economy. the richest of the rich will have to pay a little bit more to solve the financial problems we have in this country. [inaudible] >> right after the senate majority leader harry reid spoke, republican leaders held their own briefing and ways to find a deal and criticized leader reid's plan. this is 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. as we head...
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what is it that is true about virtual rules tax the activity itself is an accountability mechanism. me know what level of activity they had. this is basically on a real- time basis. when the government gets around to that, it will be a very tight box. the sector has the opportunity now to say we know what we can do to show you the kind of outcomes we can produce. we collect that data. most providers are in a position to start to do that as well. the sector is not proactively setting the framework for how this discussion is going to take place. there is going to be another bad actor who is going to mess up. there is going to be a reaction. it is going to be painful for a lot of other people because the sector did not take the step. i am a person who comes from the background of trying to leverage a for-profit company to be able to access capital. i still believe this is an important role for the for- profit to play. as long as we have this conversation about why as opposed to how we actually take the context as it is an frame in a way that can allow for great companies to persist bei
what is it that is true about virtual rules tax the activity itself is an accountability mechanism. me know what level of activity they had. this is basically on a real- time basis. when the government gets around to that, it will be a very tight box. the sector has the opportunity now to say we know what we can do to show you the kind of outcomes we can produce. we collect that data. most providers are in a position to start to do that as well. the sector is not proactively setting the...
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cuts to 98% of tax players -- payers and should not hold those tax cuts hostage to an insistence that millionaires and billionaire the top 2% of america's taxpayers have to have a tax cut to. over the past couple of years, that segment of the american populous has done very well at a time when the middle class has been squeezed. i don't see a contradiction here. i see, you know, distinct challenges that are related and the president is very committed to the proposition that we can deal with these challenges if we come together in a -- and adopt a balanced approach. >> quick followup on that, every signal we've goten from the hill, including out here on the driveway after the last meeting with the president and also from you just said, essentially the fiscal cliff and a longer term package on tet and tax reform are combined. they're going to happen at once. when durbin says we have to deal with the fiscal cliff but not entitlements, doesn't the president have to win over members of his party and say, call it what you want, we're doing this and they are on the teable. >> it's hard for m
cuts to 98% of tax players -- payers and should not hold those tax cuts hostage to an insistence that millionaires and billionaire the top 2% of america's taxpayers have to have a tax cut to. over the past couple of years, that segment of the american populous has done very well at a time when the middle class has been squeezed. i don't see a contradiction here. i see, you know, distinct challenges that are related and the president is very committed to the proposition that we can deal with...
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then personal income taxes. then taxes on consumption, and taxes on property. most of these find that taxes on consumption -- the closest thing we have on the federal level is the payroll tax -- would have no direct tax on consumption like every other country in the oecd. that is a consumption tax. many economists and they oecd find that those taxes have no relationship with economic growth. it is the taxes it -- it is not the taxes on consumption that hard economic growth. host: this is part of a continuing series on "washington journal" focusing on a fiscal cliff. our conversation has broadened. to bring it back to the payroll tax cut and remind you it was enacted in december of 2010, designed to temporarily boost the economy and reduce the tax to% from 6.2% to 4.2% and increased take-home pay about an average of $1,000 to $1,800 per worker. it expires at the end of the year, rates will revert back to 6.2%. if you make $35,000 or so, that will be an extra $700 in taxes. the $2,000, an extra thousand dollars. 75,000, $1,500. finally, $110,000, the upper limit
then personal income taxes. then taxes on consumption, and taxes on property. most of these find that taxes on consumption -- the closest thing we have on the federal level is the payroll tax -- would have no direct tax on consumption like every other country in the oecd. that is a consumption tax. many economists and they oecd find that those taxes have no relationship with economic growth. it is the taxes it -- it is not the taxes on consumption that hard economic growth. host: this is part...
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cuts expire everybody's taxes will go up including taxes on the rich and the very rich which means that have democrats proposed cutting taxes on the working class people while ignoring the new rates for the rich republicans can sign on and . vote for the legislation without violating their blood oath the multi-millionaire k. street lobbyists grover norquist all that goes nowhere as fast as it should which would be to roll back the reagan tax cuts it's a start moving america in a more egalitarian direction second most of the cuts to the pentagon budget are good things pentagon has lost over two trillion dollars that they can't account for it's a good guess you'll find a lot of it twenty bedroom mansion zone by defense contractors and lobbyist they're wearing this city washington d.c. and this nation needs a healthy and robust debate on our role as empire as president obama said during the campaign it's time to do some nation building right here at home and third by breaking out the social spending cuts that require public in particular the house of representatives to go on record on thei
cuts expire everybody's taxes will go up including taxes on the rich and the very rich which means that have democrats proposed cutting taxes on the working class people while ignoring the new rates for the rich republicans can sign on and . vote for the legislation without violating their blood oath the multi-millionaire k. street lobbyists grover norquist all that goes nowhere as fast as it should which would be to roll back the reagan tax cuts it's a start moving america in a more...
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we said to the voters we will keep taxes low and not increase taxes. how dare anyone else keep us to the promises that got us ele elected. that the moment these people are are primed. they are going to be reaganites. the moment that they are challenged. >> i can tell you this. not one drop of revenue should be put on the table until we have massive across the board spending reductions and entitlement reform. that is what is missing. the gop should stand up and say not one drop of revenue until you show me good faith with the spending reduction you all talk about except when it comes time to do something about it. and step b is that the small business community should say not one pens penny until i know you are not going to screw me. >> a quiz. well the answer is coming up next. it is the energy boom that is the brightest spot in our dull and amenemic economy. does the republican party have a front-runner for 2016 could be. don't forget. free market capitalism. we are about to prove it again in 2:00 when the kudlow report comes right back. [ male announ
we said to the voters we will keep taxes low and not increase taxes. how dare anyone else keep us to the promises that got us ele elected. that the moment these people are are primed. they are going to be reaganites. the moment that they are challenged. >> i can tell you this. not one drop of revenue should be put on the table until we have massive across the board spending reductions and entitlement reform. that is what is missing. the gop should stand up and say not one drop of revenue...
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it is all tax money. it is not suspicious. the textbook folks are getting a little closer to the classroom there. a little more suspicious. that part of the sector is dominated by for-profit players, whether the old line textbook providers are those transitioning into the new digital age and thinking more a online adapted products. it is much lower heat from the conversation. the closer you get to the classroom, how about school operators that contract with the local school district? a for-profit company running one are two schools or a network of schools and having a goal at the end of the year to have money left over to reinvest in the business to make a better and to return over some time to return to shareholders. even at harvard business school, a very small percentage of this was ok. it seemed the paradigm was what kind of activities to be the same the public sector has a legitimate right to provide. therefore it seems an encroachment from the private sector trying to somehow capture rents that are somehow more appropria
it is all tax money. it is not suspicious. the textbook folks are getting a little closer to the classroom there. a little more suspicious. that part of the sector is dominated by for-profit players, whether the old line textbook providers are those transitioning into the new digital age and thinking more a online adapted products. it is much lower heat from the conversation. the closer you get to the classroom, how about school operators that contract with the local school district? a...
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everyone here agrees with very limited exception that we should extend tax rates, keep the tax rates the same for about 98% of the american people. there's broad agreement on that. now, some on the other side don't want to -- don't have to have a -- a conclusion to that because they -- they want to have a debate about what happens to the wealthiest among us, the very top income earners, roughly about 2% of income earners. but, look, we -- we have agreement on the other 98%. so what i would say is whatever it takes to give meaning or integrity to the vote we had here in the senate to -- to get an agreement here but also to encourage the house to vote to say, let's give middle-income families the certainty they deserve. let's just say that we're going to agree, democrats and republicans, that 98% of taxpayers across the country are going to have their tax rates continued. then we can have a big debate after that about what happens to the wealthiest among us. i think it makes sense, at a time of high deficits and a -- and a debt problem that -- that will confront us for years, that we h
everyone here agrees with very limited exception that we should extend tax rates, keep the tax rates the same for about 98% of the american people. there's broad agreement on that. now, some on the other side don't want to -- don't have to have a -- a conclusion to that because they -- they want to have a debate about what happens to the wealthiest among us, the very top income earners, roughly about 2% of income earners. but, look, we -- we have agreement on the other 98%. so what i would say...
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that wasn't his tax policy. you can have financial problems from printing too much money and inflation under carter, not just high tax rates but inflation. if buffet goes back and looks at how the kennedy years did after the marginal tax rate cuts and the reagan years, he'd understand that economic growth -- you know, he says he made a lot of money selling bonds. the question is how many money the people who invested in those bonds made, we need economic growth and not higher taxes. if the government taking a dollar aaway, that dollar is not available to be invested. the return on that dollar is zero. for buffet to not understand if you take money out of the economy it's gone is a little bit odd. he's willing to write it. if he wants to write a check, he should write a check and shut up about what everyone else should do. >> the richest guy in america things he should make more taxes. >> then do so. >> fwri in policies that make all people do that. grover as always combative fun and good to talk with you. a man
that wasn't his tax policy. you can have financial problems from printing too much money and inflation under carter, not just high tax rates but inflation. if buffet goes back and looks at how the kennedy years did after the marginal tax rate cuts and the reagan years, he'd understand that economic growth -- you know, he says he made a lot of money selling bonds. the question is how many money the people who invested in those bonds made, we need economic growth and not higher taxes. if the...
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it is not conservatism bound to 35% tax rate. that is not one of the immutable principles of american conservatism. we want taxes to be as low as they can possibly be while running a government that is not bankrupt and in structural deficit for as far as the eye can see. you will have to see republican leaders step up here and meet the president's somewhere in the middle on this to get the country's fiscal path on a path to solvency so we can start to have economic growth again in the country. >> do you want to comment a little bit about what you expect from the next six weeks? not even six weeks? however many weeks it is now between -- between now and the start of this booklet. working in the white house limits what you can say, but how you see his plan at between now and january? >> steve is exactly right, all the you are seeing a very concerted members of the house dig in on a no revenues. it is good to see many republicans saying yes. i cannot get into a lot of details -- i think it is unrealistic to expect next week we will
it is not conservatism bound to 35% tax rate. that is not one of the immutable principles of american conservatism. we want taxes to be as low as they can possibly be while running a government that is not bankrupt and in structural deficit for as far as the eye can see. you will have to see republican leaders step up here and meet the president's somewhere in the middle on this to get the country's fiscal path on a path to solvency so we can start to have economic growth again in the country....
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tax credit for low-income families, the payroll tax cut, that's just a few of them out there. what would the tax hikes mean for the average american? i mean, the economic impact, would that be felt immediately? >> obviously there's going to be a big impact here. when you total all the cuts set to expire, the tax hike is something like $400 million. they will not hit the same people but it is a hefty number. this is certainly something the average american would feel a whole lot at home. and to your point earlier, i think it would be interesting as there doesn't seem like there's a whole lot of movement. it is not clear how to get past the log-jam we have now where it doesn't seem anyone is willing to put anything on the table that will actually lead to a conclusion in this. there's a lot of back and forth but no real movement going on at the moment. >> bob, do you think it will be what we have seen so many times on capitol hill, which is pushing this to the 11th hour-plus and they get something done because of pressure? do you think that will happen? >> sure. i think that's be
tax credit for low-income families, the payroll tax cut, that's just a few of them out there. what would the tax hikes mean for the average american? i mean, the economic impact, would that be felt immediately? >> obviously there's going to be a big impact here. when you total all the cuts set to expire, the tax hike is something like $400 million. they will not hit the same people but it is a hefty number. this is certainly something the average american would feel a whole lot at home....
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additional tax is one of the many results of the -- marriage act in congress. domestic partners are denied federal protection offered to other couples such as immigrant rights, social security survival benefits and ability to file joint tax returns. this additional tax on same sex domestic partners adds another sting to doma. these next few weeks will be significant forjíÑ the lgbt community and those who stand with them as the supreme court will decide whether to -- proposition 8 perry case and various doma cases however i don't believe we should stand still while this discrimination continues. i look forward to working with everyone on the board to the rest i submit. >> clerk calvillo: thank you. supervisor chu. >> supervisor chu: thank you very much. i have an empirrative item later on and i want to speak to it. it is a purely commendatory item. i am joined by supervisor elsbernd in sponsoring this. i simply want to recognize the grand reopening of the sunset rec center in my district located in the the heart of the sunset district and is actually our own
additional tax is one of the many results of the -- marriage act in congress. domestic partners are denied federal protection offered to other couples such as immigrant rights, social security survival benefits and ability to file joint tax returns. this additional tax on same sex domestic partners adds another sting to doma. these next few weeks will be significant forjíÑ the lgbt community and those who stand with them as the supreme court will decide whether to -- proposition 8 perry case...
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. >>> back here at home, top republican lawmakers now say they'd be willing to break a no tax pledge to avoid the fiscal cliff. georgia senator saxby chambliss was among those on the sunday talk shows who said he'd be willing to reconsider raising taxes if democrats will cut spending. >> i will violate the pledge, long story short, for the good of the country only if the democrats agree to reform. >> the pledge signed 18 years ago is for that congress. the world has changed and the economic situation is different. >> now, congressional staffers met over the holiday weekend. and leaders intend to meet with the president this week. there are predictions it could be wrapped up before christmas. >> i like that optimism. >>> well, president obama is expected to announce this week a major reshuffling of his cabinet. u.n. ambassador susan rice will likely be the president's nominee to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. on top of that, massachusetts senator john kerry is said to be the leading candidate to replace leon panetta at secretary of defense. >>> and we're also expected
. >>> back here at home, top republican lawmakers now say they'd be willing to break a no tax pledge to avoid the fiscal cliff. georgia senator saxby chambliss was among those on the sunday talk shows who said he'd be willing to reconsider raising taxes if democrats will cut spending. >> i will violate the pledge, long story short, for the good of the country only if the democrats agree to reform. >> the pledge signed 18 years ago is for that congress. the world has changed...
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or raise their tax rates? today president obama meets with small business leaders continuing his push for higher taxes for the wealthy. a new white house economic report warns if tax breaks go away, the average middle-class family will owe uncle sam another $2,200 next year. >> it seems to be the thing that we can all agree on, that middle-class families should see an extension of these tax cuts. >> reporter: some prominent republicans who have been dead set against raising taxes on anyone now hint they may consider other options. >> we've been open to revenue by closing loopholes as long as it's tied to spending cuts and pro-growth tax reform that brudens the base and lowers rates. >> you don't raise rates, you just cap the amount of itemized deductions that taxpayers -- it hits the wealthy. >> reporter: the bottom line, republicans say americans borrowing too much money trying to keep medicare and social security afloat. lawmakers with the fix-the-debt coalition meet here tomorrow. >> there's going to come a
or raise their tax rates? today president obama meets with small business leaders continuing his push for higher taxes for the wealthy. a new white house economic report warns if tax breaks go away, the average middle-class family will owe uncle sam another $2,200 next year. >> it seems to be the thing that we can all agree on, that middle-class families should see an extension of these tax cuts. >> reporter: some prominent republicans who have been dead set against raising taxes on...
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they talk about taxes on national television. i know pornography when i see it. norquist made it very clear that any republican who signed the pledge, that's pretty much every republican in congress, who now balks, is someone whose career is over. to me, that meant the defectors are far and few between. as a moderate leadership cannot deliver those pledged to the norquist hardline. norquist who seems to welcome a bust on the wall of shame, used to beg for it, is more powerful than speaker john boehner. norquist is more powerful than boehner. it feels as if the air went out of the compromise zeppelin. hey, like the graph zeppelin, like, lakehurst. retail, now we're hearing that there wasn't as much follow-through to the initial sales from thursday night. i think it's nonsense, but macy's and costco, vf, coach and ralph lauren were tagged with huge losses today. i believe the holiday sales are flat-out strong. amazing numbers from apple, like a rocket since it hit the 505 level last week. terrific ipad mini sales. wasn't that a pro
they talk about taxes on national television. i know pornography when i see it. norquist made it very clear that any republican who signed the pledge, that's pretty much every republican in congress, who now balks, is someone whose career is over. to me, that meant the defectors are far and few between. as a moderate leadership cannot deliver those pledged to the norquist hardline. norquist who seems to welcome a bust on the wall of shame, used to beg for it, is more powerful than speaker john...
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certainly it would be good to have higher tax rates for wealthier people. it might not be a long-term catastrophe. we get some reform out of it. let's remember, the deals that we're discussing to avert the cliff involve balancing a budget deficit that was a lot of fun for people on the take, the military defense contractors who got paid off the books. >> right. >> taking health care away from poor people. >> the impact that we're seeing now may not be -- the consumers may not see it through them but we're seeing it through the banks and business who is are right now still being very conservative about who they're lending to and how they're doing business because they are spooked by these talks. much more so than consumers. >> why don't you see the business community, particularly in advance of the holiday shopping season, say, you know what, you guys are going to have to signal that you're going to resolve this because these are the weeks in which we make all our money for the year. we need consumers happy. we need them shopping. >> because those businesses
certainly it would be good to have higher tax rates for wealthier people. it might not be a long-term catastrophe. we get some reform out of it. let's remember, the deals that we're discussing to avert the cliff involve balancing a budget deficit that was a lot of fun for people on the take, the military defense contractors who got paid off the books. >> right. >> taking health care away from poor people. >> the impact that we're seeing now may not be -- the consumers may not...